Sciapodinae? - Condylostylus

Moved

Moved from Condylostylus.

… John F. Carr, 26 December, 2010 - 5:01pm

Moved

Moved from Sciapodinae.

… Steve Scott, 2 November, 2006 - 6:20pm

Dolichopodidae: Condylostylus

Dolichopodidae: Condylostylus sp.

… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 12:41pm

Thanks

What characteristics are leading you toward Condylostylus vs Sciapodinae?

… Steve Scott, 24 May, 2006 - 1:50pm

You are cool!

Last time I checked, Condylostylus is still been treated as one of the genera within the subfamily Sciapodinae - Chen

… Chen Young, 25 May, 2006 - 10:46am

Yes,

based on the vertex of head deeply excavated as seen from the iamge. - Chen

… Chen Young, 12 May, 2006 - 9:18am

Other opions

Your comment leads me to believe there are other options that would not have that characteristic but would look similar. What would they be?

… Steve Scott, 12 May, 2006 - 11:49pm

Dolichopodidae

splits into many subfamilies such as Sciapodinae, Dolichopodinae, Hydrophorinae, Plagioneurinae, Medeterinae, etc…. And Sciapodinae is the group that all of its members have this distinct excavated on vetex between the two big eyes. This character is clearly visible in one of your images. Flies of all the other subfamily don’t have this character, the eyes are either touch each other or with level connection. Since flies of the subfamily Sciapodinae are the showiest green and blue ones and they tend to show up in most of the shots in the BugGuide. There are only a few of non-Sciapodinae flies in the Guide but it is very difficulty to see the character between two eyes. I hope this answers your question. - Chen

… Chen Young, 15 May, 2006 - 9:55am

You got it . . .

. . . right on the button. It answers my question and also focuses my images so that ID's for the family will be easier. Thanks!

… Steve Scott, 16 May, 2006 - 5:31pm